Yoga For Men Only by Frank R. Young, D.C. is without question the very best book on yoga ever written. That's a very strong statement but it's true. The reasons are actually quite simple - he has a narrow yet powerful focus.

The first thing that Dr. Young does is make seemingly outlandish claims of what the practice of yoga can do for a man - that it can give a man vigorous life at any age. He discusses yoga secrets for self-mastery, self-protection, greater personal energy, powerful muscles, sex power, leadership, and youth. He combines yoga lore with chiropractic and what seems to be his own thoroughly unique, utterly efficient and surprisingly effective singular idea of bodybuilding that he calls yogametrics. I have read this book at least one hundred times since I purchased a first edition in 1969 and have practiced this brand of yoga ever since almost exclusively. It sings!

Virtually everything I've tried from this book does indeed work. I've used it for over thirty years. I have even used his self-defense techniques to a great advantage - mainly because it was easy.

I have read books on Kundalini or Raj, and Hatha yoga by many authors. These books usually diagram an asana - a yoga movement or position - along with a short explanation. These books expound the positive aspects of widening the openings of the body and stretching the muscles as a whole. Rarely will they speak of anything but stretching. I'm sorry but stretching will not work a muscle.

To work a muscle a person must contract that muscle. Stretching is good for warming up and widening some of the openings in the body is a paramount issue, but not for serious muscle health. Once in a while these authors will get into meditation, mysticism, or a little bit of anatomy.

Yoga For Men Only is the only book I know that even gives a definition of yoga! These yoga asanas help the mind tell the body what to do. Yoga means union. The union of the mind and body is the core of yoga. This book tells how to overcome hypertension, high blood pressure, and even wrinkles. Two years ago I got arrested because a Redwood City policewoman refused to believe that I was as old as my driver license stated - with yoga I erased my wrinkles. That is a true story.

Other books merely touch on how yoga differs from isotonics, isometrics and calisthenics. This book wades into it. Dr. Young - that's his real name - has invented yogametrics. He uses yogametrics not only for muscle building but also for controlling the blood supply to the mysterious youth-giving (or with misuse, taking) endocrine gland system. Dr. Young treats the endocrine glands in a scientific yet ancient manner - from a health perspective.

This book gives the most dynamic method for deep breathing ever devised by man. This doesn't get into the Kundalini breathing techniques or the variation that Edgar Cayce taught which opens the sevens seals, but it is practical and should be a must for any serious body builder. I used it to increase the girth of my chest by over three inches without gaining a pound in just six months with only half an hour a day.

Yoga For Men Only is not just for men. I believe that the title is more for catching the prospective buyer's eye - it worked for me. This book spends no time on mysticism, or meditation. For those items read books on Edgar Cayce. They are the best. Cayce's books treat the endocrine glands not only from a health perspective but also from a mystical viewpoint. Dr. Young does not treat the endocrine glands as chakras like Cayce or the yoga mystics of old, but from a very practical viewpoint instead. The asanas that Dr. Young describes with respect to the endocrine glands have interesting details. They show the muscle combines which in turn stimulate the specific nerve ganglia that control the blood supply to a specific endocrine gland. It is awesome. I myself have invented a handful of asanas using his ideas. It is a shame that this book is out of print. It is magnificent.

Chakras are the centers of energy in our body that profoundly affect our well-being. Through this exquisitely designed volume, newcomers to this alternative form of spirituality can understand every aspect of chakra power. In addition to an illuminating introduction, a detailed guide covers each chakra, with their associated colors, Indian deity, healing stone, and emotional and physical actions. One by one, go through the base, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, brow, and crown chakras, as well as some newly discovered ones and chakras from different traditions. There’s also invaluable information on connecting chakras with aura reading and healing, and yoga exercises and meditations to strengthen each chakra.

This comprehensive introduction to chakras features all of the seven major energy centers of the body, their function, and the ideal way to heal and balance them.

Comprehensive, authoritative and accessible, this book is the first complete guide to chakras that is suitable for everyone from the first-timer to the more advanced. The Chakra Bible is a guide to understanding every aspect of chakras, the centers of energy in our body that have a profound effect on energy, health and well-being.

The book features a detailed guide to each of the chakras, their associated color, Indian deity, healing stone and emotional and physical actions. It also includes step-by-step yoga exercises and meditations to strengthen and heal each chakra and features a guide to aura reading and healing, closely connected with chakras. This is a 400 page book filled with beautiful illustrations and photographs to support the knowledge you obtain.

Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures of our time. With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda tells the inspiring chronicle of his life: the experiences of his remarkable childhood, encounter with many saints and sages during his youthful search throughout India for an illumined teacher, ten years of training in the hermitage of a revered yoga master, and the thirty years that he lived and taught in America. Also recorded here are his meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Luther Burbank, the Catholic stigmatist Therese Neumann, and other celebrated spiritual personalities of East and West. The author clearly explains the subtle but definite laws behind both the ordinary events of everyday life and the extraordinary events commonly termed miracles. His absorbing life story becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence. Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century," Autobiography of a Yogi has been translated into 20 languages, and is regarded worldwide as a classic of religious literature. Several million copies have been sold, and it continues to appear on best-seller lists after more than sixty consecutive years in print. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.

Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures of our time. With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda tells the inspiring chronicle of his life: the experiences of his remarkable childhood, encounter with many saints and sages during his youthful search throughout India for an illumined teacher, ten years of training in the hermitage of a revered yoga master, and the thirty years that he lived and taught in America. Also recorded here are his meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Luther Burbank, the Catholic stigmatist Therese Neumann, and other celebrated spiritual personalities of East and West. The author clearly explains the subtle but definite laws behind both the ordinary events of everyday life and the extraordinary events commonly termed miracles. His absorbing life story becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence. Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century," Autobiography of a Yogi has been translated into 20 languages, and is regarded worldwide as a classic of religious literature. Several million copies have been sold, and it continues to appear on best-seller lists after more than sixty consecutive years in print. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.

As the architecture of the soul, the chakra system is the yoke of yoga?the means whereby mind and body, heaven and earth, and spirit and matter are joined together in the divine union that is the true meaning of yoga.

In this long-awaited book by acclaimed chakra expert Anodea Judith, you will learn how to use yoga’s principles and practices to awaken the subtle body of energy and connect with your highest source. Using seven vital keys to unlock your inner temple, you will be guided through practices that open and activate each chakra through postures, bioenergetic exercises, breathing practices, mantras, guided meditation, and yoga philosophy. With beautiful step-by-step photographs for each of the poses, along with guidelines for deeper alignment and activation of the energy body, this book is a valuable resource for teachers and students alike.

The Land of the Ganges; The Inner Teachings; The Sankhya System; The Vedanta System; Patanjali's Yoga; The Minor Systems; Buddhism; Sufism; The Religions of India; Hindu Working; The Vedas and Glossary of Sanscrit Term

Atkinsonteaches in this work that individuality is inherent in each of us,and which may be developed and brought into activity in each oneof us if we go about it right. Individuality is the expression ofour Self - that Self which is what we mean when we say "I". Eachof us is an Individual - an "I" - differing from every other "I"in the universe, so far as personal expression is concerned. Andin the measure that we express and unfold the powers of that "I",so are we great, strong and successful. We all "have it in us" -it depends upon us to get it out into Expression. And, thisIndividual Expression lies at the heart of the "Secret ofSuccess". And that is why we use the term - and that is what weshall tell you about in this little book. It will pay for you tolearn this "Secret".

Followers of the New Thought movement of the early 20th centuryvehemently believed in the concept of mind over matter, and one ofthe most influential thinkers of this early New Age philosophypromises here, in this 1906 book, to show you how to harness theextraordinary mental powers you already possess. You'll learn thesecret of the will, how to become immune to injurious thoughtattraction, the transmutation of negative thought, the psychologyof emotion, developing new brain-cells, and much more..

Being a Series of Lessons in Personal Magnetism Psychic Influence, Thought-Force Concentration, Will Power and Practical Mental Science. Partial Contents: Views of other writers, vegetarianism, celibacy, deep breathing, personal magnetism; How thought force can aid you; Direct psychic influence; Power or the eye; Magnetic gaze; Volic force; Direct volation; Telepathic volation; Adductive quality of thought; Character building by mental control; Art and practice of concentering.

We have been told, so often, that we must take certainthings "on faith," and that it was "no use bothering our mindsconcerning them," but this is only a partial statement of truth,for the Intellect does give us a reliable report concerning thereal nature of things... -from "Lesson X: The Riddle of theUniverse" New Thought proponents at the turn of the twentiethcentury sought to use mysticism to unleash the forces of theuniverse in themselves. One of the most influential thinkers ofthis early "New Age" philosophy promises here, in this 1904 book,to show the reader "to see with the clear vision of the Spirit"and how to "achieve the peace of the awakened and conscious soul."As the yogi reminds us, "No occult teaching is ever wasted-allbears fruit in its own good time." With this significant documentof the New Thought movement back in print, now may be the time.American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932)-aka YogiRamacharaka-was born in Baltimore and had built up a successfullaw practice in Pennsylvania before professional burnout led himto the religious New Thought movement. He served as editor of thepopular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and as editor ofthe journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozensof New Thought books-including The Philosophies and Religions ofIndia, Arcane Formula or Mental Alchemy and Vril, or VitalMagnetism-under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likelystill unknown today.

Followers of the early-20th-century "New Age" philosophy of NewThought believed they could learn the secrets of mind over matter,and one of their most influential teachers-enormously popularwriter and editor William Walker Atkinson, writing pseudonymouslyhere-revealed to them, in this 1904 work, the teachings of HathaYoga. His lessons cover: . the body's Vital Force . the laboratoryof the body . how what we eat impacts the "life fluid" of theblood . the yogi's approach to food and eating . the yogi theoryof the "prana absorption" of nutrients . mastering "yogibreathing" . harnessing "pranic energy" . rules for relaxation .and much more. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COSIMO: Yogi Ramacharaka'sSeries of Lessons in Gnani Yoga and Series of Lessons in RajaYoga. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) waseditor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, andeditor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. Heauthored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms,some of which are likely still unknown today, including "YogiRamacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont.&quot

Few people are aware of the true power of breath. They takeit for granted despite the fact that it is the most essentialfunction for life. This book may allow one, for the first time, totruly understand this power and what it can do. A power can begenerated by the breath that is known in various cultures as prana,chi, vital force, orgone, or a host of other names. Throughextended practice amazing things can be performed that wouldotherwise be unheard of including inhibiting pain, self-healing,healing others, controlling blood flow to areas needing energy,recharging yourself, recharging others, charging water beforedrinking it, psychic protection, projecting thoughts, transmutingenergy, controlling emotions, stimulating the brain, and muchmore. This powerful book reveals numerous exercises that willamaze and invigorate the reader

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